Have you ever wanted to get a perspective of the day to day life of your favorite celebrity? Maybe seeing the intricate workings of a large business is more your thing. Or maybe you just want to get away for a while and watch someone else’s daily activities or routine. Whatever your ideas may be, the live streaming app Periscope is ready to oblige you with a variety of different views and worlds.

See if you can recall how many times this has happened to you: you’re aimlessly browsing Amazon or some other online store looking for a particular product, let’s say, a pair of shoes. You check prices, gather as much information as you can from various online vendors, but ultimately make the decision to not make the purchase.

If you’re a frequent Instagram user, you might notice some changes ahead when it comes to advertising on the social media platform. Instagram announced they will be testing ads with call to action buttons. These call to action buttons, for example “Shop Now,” “Learn More,” and “Sign Up,” will lead users to links outside the app to transform “likes” or “follows” into marketable action.

You’ve heard of SEO, or search engine optimization, but may be wondering…. what’s the big deal? In a nutshell, SEO is the process of affecting the visibility of a website or webpage in search engines such as Google, Yahoo and Bing. When you “optimize” your website, search engines find will find your website more valuable and will rank it higher in the search results! Why should you care? Websites that appear higher and more frequently in search results are more likely to be visited!

If I had a dollar for every time I heard a business associate say “I went to that meeting and didn’t get any new business out of it, so I’m not going back,” I wouldn’t need to network ever again. Unfortunately, many individuals don’t give networking the time required to cultivate the connections necessary to make it worth the effort. While immediate sales would be ideal, there are other advantages that come from the process. And as the saying goes, “people like to do business with people they know.”